What to see in Jendouba

5 places worth the drive in Jendouba, with the time to allow and the best period for each. Every place has its own page: history, customs, food and directions.

1. 1.Bulla Regia

   Roman villas built underground

   To escape the summer heat, wealthy Romans here built their villas with a full underground floor. Their mosaics are still in place, where they were laid.

   Time : 2 hours · Best : Mar to May, Oct to Nov

2. 2.Tabarka

   Coral coast under a Genoese fort

   A green, mountainous corner of the coast with pine forests running down to the sea, a Genoese fort on its island and some of the best diving in the Mediterranean.

   Time : 1–2 days · Best : May to Oct

3. 3.Aïn Draham

   Cork-oak forest in the rainiest town in Tunisia

   A small mountain town in the cork-oak forests of the Kroumirie, in Jendouba governorate, with the highest rainfall in Tunisia, around 1,500 mm a year.

   Time : A day · Best : Apr to Oct

4. 4.Chemtou

   The quarry of the yellow marble

   Chemtou, ancient Simitthus, lies near the Algerian border in Jendouba governorate. It was famous for its quarries of yellow Numidian marble (giallo antico), among the most prized in the Roman Empire.

   Time : 2 hours · Best : Mar to May, Oct to Nov

5. 5.El Feidja National Park

   Cork oak forest and the last Barbary stags

   Near the Algerian border, west of Aïn Draham, this park protects a dense forest of cork and zeen oaks. It shelters one of the last populations of Barbary stag in North Africa, along with wild boar and golden wolves.

   Time : One day · Best : Mar to Oct